Former Gov. John Kitzhaber parted ways with Gov. Kate Brown and two other former Democratic governors Sunday night issuing an anti-Measure 97 manifesto on his new website and on Facebook. Business could and should contribute more, Kitzhaber said. But the new revenue generated by Measure 97 is too much and won't necessarily fix anything, he added. "There is no question...
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Few legal settlements are satisfying. The $100 million deal between Oregon and Oracle to square differences over the state's failed insurance exchange, announced Thursday, is no exception. But it is a wise and sobering outcome in the face of a high stakes trial....
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Nkenge Harmon Johnson alleges she was fired from her job in July 2014 after speaking out against "myriad improprieties'' and "abuse of authority'' by Kitzhaber and staff who she said directed public employees to help with his political re-election campaign.
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It may sound like a Silicon Valley vanity plate, but "IP 28" is a game-changing tax hike, one that will spark what state Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton, calls "the most divisive political fight Oregon has ever seen." After years of grandstanding and grand bargains at the Capitol, is anyone surprised that teachers, unions and the progressives at Our Oregon are...
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Kitzhaber, who negotiated with business and labor groups to avoid similar ballot measures, says it is "hard to understand" how the governor could remain neutral on the $3 billion tax proposal.
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Partisan warfare of the sort uncorked Wednesday by congressional leaders reviewing the Cover Oregon debacle is a pathetic showing from elected representatives trusted to find things out and help blaze a path to higher ground.
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The Republican majority of a Congressional Committee has found that former Gov. John Kitzhaber and a federal agency bungled development of the Cover Oregon health care website. The Republican majority also called on Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to recuse herself and appoint a special prosecutor to lead a criminal investigation. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chair of the House Committee...
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Gov. Kate Brown says it's the things she's done since taking over in the wake of John Kitzhaber's resignation that qualify her to claim the remaining two years of his would-be fourth term.
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Gov. Kate Brown drew on the early 1970s legacy of the late Tom McCall to argue that the political stagnation stymying governments elsewhere hasn't entirely waylaid Oregon since she took office.
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Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, tried to pass similar legislation in 2015, troubled by the state's investigation into a Department of Administrative Services official who leaked a stash of then Gov. John Kitzhaber's emails.
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After mostly avoiding the limelight in the 13 months since he quit the governor's office amid a federal investigation, John Kitzhaber on Friday made clear his days of keeping a low profile are over. Why now? He wants to get back to earning paychecks — and put the scandal over his resignation in his past.
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Gov. Kate Brown's office drops the final batch Friday, after releasing tens of thousands of pages since last summer. And like those other emails, Friday's documents continue to show how doggedly Kitzhaber worked to incorporate Hayes into his administration and political life.
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